"shouldn't you apologize for barging in so suddenly, President Lane?" Silas looked at me with sharp eyes.
That gaze of his was clearly mocking me.
I gulped, my throat feeling itchy. I was unable to utter a word for a long time.
The people present included Silas, Marius, Sylvester, and some others who I did not know.
Wait, if they were celebrating here, how could Theo not be present?
Just when I thought of this, Theo's voice came from behind me. "Apologies for my tardiness."
I closed my eyes. What one feared would eventually make its appearance. His arrival had been quite coincidental.
Theo walked past me and entered the room, taking a seat at his place. It was only then that I realized that their seats were particular to each other. Theo was able to locate his own without even looking for it.
"How long do you plan to drag this out, President Lane?" Silas' voice sounded again.
I pursed my dry lips. Beside me, Shannon tugged on my sleeve as if signaling me to leave immediately and asking why I should care about their opinions.
I wanted to do that too, but I could not. I would undoubtedly give Silas more leverage if I did.
"My sincerest apologies for having disturbed your celebration. Please ignore my presence and proceed with your celebration. Goodbye."
After saying that, I pulled Shannon and was about to leave, yet who would have thought that Silas would speak again?
"I don't think an apology is enough. Why don’t you carry out a punishment of three glasses of alcohol, President Lane?"
Now I understood how Silas had forced my mother back then.
I looked at his face that was clearly wrinkled. Every line was made of majesty, revealing hostility.
He wanted revenge.
This thought flashed through my mind.
Silas had always been petty, always needing to retaliate. He was presumably in want of me to know the consequences of offending him. It was why he was being so unforgiving now.
I looked down at the table. They were drinking white wine.
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